Chelsea vs Atletico head to head

Our previous meetings

2009/10 Champions League group stageHome W 4-0Away D 2-22012/13 Super CupMonaco L 1-42013/14 Champions League semi-finalAway D 0-0Home L 1-32017/18 Champions League group stageAway W 2-1Home D 1-1

Our last away meeting with Atletico Madrid

ATLETICO MADRID 1 CHELSEA 2Champions League Group C, Wanda Metropolitano, 27.09.17, 7.45pm

Atletico Madrid (4-3-3): Oblak; Juanfran, Godin (c), Lucas Hernandez, Filipe Luis; Saul, Partey (Gimenez 76), Koke; Correa (Gaitan 70), Griezmann, Carrasco (Torres 68)Unused subs: Moya, Savic, Vietto, GabiBooked: Partey, GriezmannScorer: Griezmann 40 (pen)Manager: Diego Simeone

Chelsea (3-5-2): Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Kante, Bakayoko, Fabregas (Christensen 85), Alonso; Morata (Batshuayi 81), Hazard (Willian 82)Unused subs: Caballero, Zappacosta, Rudiger, PedroBooked: David Luiz.Scorers: Morata 59, Batshuayi 90+4Manager: Antonio Conte

Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey)Attendance: 60,643

Atletico’s biggest home win in the Champions League

22/10/14 - Atletico 5-0 Malmo - group stage

Chelsea’s biggest away win in the Champions League

20/10/1999 - Galatasaray 0-5 Chelsea - first group stage25/11/2014 - Schalke 0-5 Chelsea - group stage

Chelsea stats

Chelsea are looking to win four consecutive away games in the Champions League for the first time since a run of five between September 2003 and April 2004.We are unbeaten in this seasons Champions League.

Chelsea have scored twice as many goals as Atletico Madrid in this season’s Champions League (14-7).

Chelsea have one defeat in our last 13 away matches against Spanish teams (four wins, eight draws). The loss was a 0-3 defeat to Barcelona in March 2018.This will be only the second occasion Chelsea have played an away game in Europe in a neutral stadium in a different country. The other was against Turkish side Besiktas when the game was switched to Schalke’s stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, because of bomb attacks in Istanbul a few weeks earlier.Our two previous matches at the Arena Nationala were both against Steaua Bucharest – a 1-0 defeat in the 2012/13 Europa League round of 16 first leg and a 4-0 victory in the Champions League group stage the following season.Olivier Giroud scored every 28 minutes in this season’s Champions League group stages, the best ratio of any player to score more than one goal.

Giroud is our equal third all-time European scorer.

Chelsea’s top European scorers

Drogba 36, Lampard 25, Giroud 17, Torres 17, Osgood 16, Terry 13, Willian 13, Anelka 12, Flo 12, Hazard 12, Oscar 9, Zola 9, Gudjohnsen 8, Ivanovic 8.

Milestone

If selected, N’Golo Kante will make his 200th appearance for the club. He will become the 25th overseas player to reach that milestone for Chelsea.

Atletico Madrid stats

In last season’s Champions League, Atletico Madrid finished second in their group behind Juventus. Atletico then eliminated holders Liverpool in the round of 16 but lost 2-1 against RB Leipzig in the quarter-finals in Lisbon.Diego Simeone’s side have reached the quarter-finals in five of their past seven Champions League campaigns.Atletico’s only defeat at home to English opposition in UEFA competition in 12 matches was against Chelsea in 2017/18.That defeat to the Blues is their only defeat in their last 29 home European games (22 wins, six draws).

Atleti have been victorious in nine of their 11 two-legged knockout ties against English teams, including the last five; only Derby (1974/75 UEFA Cup) and Bolton (2007/08 UEFA Cup) have eliminated them.Simeone has never lost a home match as Atletico Madrid manager in the knockout stages of the Champions League (nine wins, four draws).Atletico have conceded one goal in their last 12 home Champions League knockout ties.Atletico have conceded at least one goal in their last seven Liga games, their longest run without a league clean sheet under Simeone.Their home defeat to Levante on Saturday was their second in La Liga since mid-December. Since February, Atletico have won five points from a possible 12 in the competition. They remain top of the league by three points over Real Madrid with a game in hand.

Since the start of the 2013/14 season (Diego Simeone’s first in the competition with Atletico), Atletico Madrid have kept a clean sheet in 40 of their 77 matches in the Champions League – more than any other side in this period.

Diego Simeone’s managerial record v Chelsea

Won 2Drawn 2Lost 1

Atletico’s matchday six line-up

Wednesday 9 December 2020RB Salzburg 0 Atletico Madrid 2Team 4-4-2: Oblak; Trippier, Savic, Felipe, Hermoso; Llorente (Renan Lodi 90), Saul (Herrera 64), Koke, Carrasco (Lemar 89); Suarez (Correa 64), Joao Felix (Torreira 89)Booked: Simeone, Hermoso, SavicScorers: Hermoso 39, Carrasco 86

Atletico’s Champions League squad changes since the group stage

IN Moussa Dembele (Lyon, loan), Alvaro García, Geoffrey Kondogbia

OUT Borja Garces, Diego Costa (released), Ismael Gutierrez, Manu Sanchez (Osasuna, loan), Juan Sanabria (Zaragoza, loan), Ivan Saponjic (Cadiz, loan), German Valera

Discipline

Atletico’s Kieran Trippier is suspended.

Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Mason Mount and Hakim Ziyech, plus Atletico's Renan Lodi and Stefan Savic are a booking away from a one-match suspension in the competition.

In the Champions League, three yellow cards will result in a one-match suspension in the competition.

Champions League bookings list

Atletico Madrid: Renan Lodi 2, Savic 2, Hermoso 1, Herrera 1, Koke 1, Llorente 1, Saul 1, Suarez 1, Torreira 1.

Chelsea: Jorginho 2, Kovacic 2, Mount 2, Ziyech 2, Azpilicueta 1, Chilwell 1, Kante 1, Pulisic 1.

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